I re-posted this article two years ago (it first appeared here in March 2013), but I think it rightly brings a couple things together. First, it deals with the events leading up to Jesus’s trials, crucifixion, and resurrection, which we commemorate at this time of year. 752 more words

Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, vol. 1 Franconia (German: Franken, also called Frankenland) is a region in Germany, characterised by its culture and language, and may The Chapter in question has twenty-two Verses and it was revealed in Medina. 173 more words

The word anti-Semitic functions like the word anti-Soviet. Being undefined, it’s unfalsifiable. Loose charges of “anti-Semitism” are common, but nobody suffers any penalty for making them, since what is unfalsifiable can never be shown to be false. 284 more words